[CentOS] recommend benchmarking SW

2009-11-03 Thread Alan McKay
Hey folks, We've got some new hardware and are trying to figure out what best to do with it. Either run CentOS right on the bare metal, or virtualize, or several combination options. Mainly looking at : - CentOS on bare metal - CentOS on ESXi 4.0 with local disk - CentOS on ESXi with 1 VM

Re: [CentOS] recommend benchmarking SW

2009-11-03 Thread Oliver Ransom
On 03/11/2009, at 11:52 PM, Alan McKay wrote: Hey folks, We've got some new hardware and are trying to figure out what best to do with it. Either run CentOS right on the bare metal, or virtualize, or several combination options. Mainly looking at : - CentOS on bare metal - CentOS on

Re: [CentOS] recommend benchmarking SW

2009-11-03 Thread Ryan Cox
I'd recommend a quick read through this post: http://lethargy.org/~jesus/writes/disk-benchmarking-with-dd-dont And then browse through the docs for these tools and pick the one that suites your needs best: http://www.iozone.org/ http://sysbench.sourceforge.net/ http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/

Re: [CentOS] recommend benchmarking SW

2009-11-03 Thread przemolicc
On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 09:22:57AM -0400, Alan McKay wrote: Hey folks, We've got some new hardware and are trying to figure out what best to do with it. Either run CentOS right on the bare metal, or virtualize, or several combination options. Mainly looking at : - CentOS on bare metal

Re: [CentOS] recommend benchmarking SW

2009-11-03 Thread Chan Chung Hang Christopher
Alan McKay wrote: Hey folks, We've got some new hardware and are trying to figure out what best to do with it. Either run CentOS right on the bare metal, or virtualize, or several combination options. Mainly looking at : - CentOS on bare metal - CentOS on ESXi 4.0 with local disk -

Re: [CentOS] recommend benchmarking SW

2009-11-03 Thread nate
Alan McKay wrote: Hey folks, We've got some new hardware and are trying to figure out what best to do with it. Either run CentOS right on the bare metal, or virtualize, or several combination options. Mainly looking at : - CentOS on bare metal - CentOS on ESXi 4.0 with local disk -

Re: [CentOS] recommend benchmarking SW

2009-11-03 Thread Ross Walker
On Nov 3, 2009, at 8:22 AM, Alan McKay alan.mc...@gmail.com wrote: Hey folks, We've got some new hardware and are trying to figure out what best to do with it. Either run CentOS right on the bare metal, or virtualize, or several combination options. Mainly looking at : - CentOS on bare

Re: [CentOS] recommend benchmarking SW

2009-11-03 Thread Les Mikesell
Ross Walker wrote: On Nov 3, 2009, at 8:22 AM, Alan McKay alan.mc...@gmail.com wrote: Hey folks, We've got some new hardware and are trying to figure out what best to do with it. Either run CentOS right on the bare metal, or virtualize, or several combination options. Mainly looking at

Re: [CentOS] recommend benchmarking SW

2009-11-03 Thread Ross Walker
On Nov 3, 2009, at 11:16 AM, Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com wrote: Ross Walker wrote: On Nov 3, 2009, at 8:22 AM, Alan McKay alan.mc...@gmail.com wrote: Hey folks, We've got some new hardware and are trying to figure out what best to do with it. Either run CentOS right on the bare

Re: [CentOS] recommend benchmarking SW

2009-11-03 Thread Mathew S. McCarrell
On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Ross Walker rswwal...@gmail.com wrote: On Nov 3, 2009, at 11:16 AM, Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com wrote: Ross Walker wrote: On Nov 3, 2009, at 8:22 AM, Alan McKay alan.mc...@gmail.com wrote: Hey folks, We've got some new hardware and are trying